The FReeZA Push Start is a state-wide Battle of the Bands competition that showcases young and emerging Victorian performers under the age of 21 and has been doing so since 1995.
The program now incorporates 70 youth-music FReeZA Committees across the state that host heats, allowing young bands living in both regional and metropolitan areas to have an opportunity to compete.
Five bands from across our corner of Victoria will battle it out at the Geelong West Town Hall on Saturday, November 27th. The All-ages gig will kick off at 7pm (doors open at 6.45pm), and will showcase different styles of original local music.
Winners of the regional finals will play at the PushOver festival in Melbourne on the long weekend in March 2011.
Vying for this coveted spot this year are…
- Less than 33 -
- The Colliders -
- Lash 78 -
- The Fire Alive –
- Apache Vera -
(with special guests)
RED INK and CALLING ALL CARS
When: Saturday, November 27th. Doors open 6.45, bands 7pm - 11.30pm.
Where: Geelong West Town Hall, Cnr Pakington St and Albert St, Geelong West
Finalists: Less than 33, The Colliders, Lash 78, The Fire Alive, Apache Vera
Cost: $15.00 entry at the door (Geelong West Town Hall) or prior from Courthouse Arts (cnr Brougham & Moorabool Sts)
More info: Ph 5272 4689 or email Courthouse Youth Arts
This is an All Ages event.
Drug, smoke and alcohol free. Fully supervised. No pass outs.
Special guest performers for the PushOver festival in Melbourne on the long weekend in March 2011 are:
CALLING ALL CARS (as pictured)
After spending the past year playing bridesmaid to iconic local rockers such as AC/DC, Cog, The Butterfly Effect, and Grinspoon, Melbourne’s own three piece excitement machine Calling All Cars spent the last month in their best suits and ties while rolling around the country in fine style on their first national headline tour to officially launch their debut album Hold, Hold, Fire.
With their new single ‘Run away’ currently taking up air space on national radio thanks to continuing support from Triple j, and with a legion of fans gained by a national touring schedule that makes the Leyland Brothers and Alby Mangels look like stay-at-homes, Calling All Cars are heeding the advice of recent tour partners AC/DC and taking the long way to the top…see them now before they hit the stadiums!
RED INK
Red Ink are so hot right now! - After their 2009 debut “Audrey” received airplay on Triple J, Channel V, MTV and good ol’ fashion Community Radio the four youngsters from Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula have been flat stick gigging across the country with the addition to Pyramid Rock Festival, Stereosonic, Playground Weekender, One Movement & Festival of the Sun.
With a rapidly growing reputation for their infectious tunes and sex-on-the-dancefloor live shows, the hype comes as no surprise with an increasing fan base nationwide as well as sold out venues in their hometown of Melbourne. After eagerly awaiting the lads second release, 2010 is setting up to be an even greater year for RED INK with their follow up coming in the form of the single “Battlescars”.
"The chorus is as catchy as chlamydia.. not that I'd know..."
- Josh Moriarty / Miami Horror